Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7395: Requires the department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines relating to the disqualification of contractors applying to perform stand-by contracts relating to past performance, reasonableness of pricing, acts of negligence and convictions for certain crimes reflecting on honesty, integrity and capability of any contractor.
What A 7395 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the Environmental Conservation Law to establish guidelines for disqualifying contractors. These guidelines will be based on factors such as past performance on state contracts, price charged for past performance, negligence or malfeasance, and criminal convictions. The guidelines will be consistent with Article 23-A of the Correction Law. The bill also allows for the immediate implementation of necessary rules and regulations for its effective date.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7395
- What is the current status of A 7395?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7395 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to environmental conservation".
- Did A 7395 pass?
- Not yet. A 7395 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7395, and where is it now?
- A 7395 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Mar. 25, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 286 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7395 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to guidelines for disqualifying stand-by contractors The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-0309 of the environmental 2 conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph a-1 to read as 3 follows: 4 a-1. guidelines for disqualifying contractors which shall be based 5 upon section one hundred thirty-nine-b of the state finance law and such 6 other factors deemed appropriate including, but not limited to, past 7 performance on state contracts, reasonableness of price charged for past 8 performance of state contracts, any negligence or malfeasance committed 9 during the past performance of state contracts, and any conviction of a 10 crime which reflects upon the honesty, integrity or capability of a 11 contractor; provided, however that a criminal conviction shall be 12 considered in a manner consistent with article twenty-three-A of the 13 correction law; 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 15 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 16 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 17 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or 18 before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10125-01-5
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